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tures that are, or that are known ever to 

 have been, his contemporaries in the world. 

 In possession of this ground, we can wait 

 for such further evidence in favour of Trans- 

 mutation as may be brought to light. 

 Meanwhile at least we are entitled to remain 

 incredulous, remembering, as Professor Phillips 

 has said, that " everywhere we are required 

 by the hypothesis to look somewhere else ; 

 which may fairly be interpreted to signify 

 that the hypothesis everywhere fails in the 

 first and most important step. How is it 

 conceivable that the second stage should be 

 everywhere preserved, but the first nowhere?"* 



* "Life — the Origin and Succession," by Professor John 

 Phillips. 



